PANAMA VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,943	1	2,624	- 681
Stroke	2	1,164	2	2,006	- 842
Road Traffic Accidents	3	687	9	591	+ 96
Diabetes Mellitus	4	674	4	1,070	- 396
Hypertension	5	613	10	510	+ 103
Kidney Disease	6	598	3	1,106	- 509
Lung Cancers	7	424	16	303	+ 121
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	375	7	697	- 322
Congenital Anomalies	9	374	13	378	- 4
Low Birth Weight	10	343	22	238	+ 105
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	283	17	296	- 14
Breast Cancer	12	274	19	279	- 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	247	14	352	- 106
Liver Disease	14	197	15	325	- 128
Lung Disease	15	178	5	815	- 637
Leukemia	16	148	25	189	- 41
Stomach Cancer	17	146	11	397	- 251
Lymphomas	18	129	24	205	- 75
Other Injuries	19	118	35	100	+ 18
Birth Trauma	20	108	36	94	+ 15
Violence	21	108	6	730	- 622
Pancreas Cancer	22	98	29	135	- 37
Bladder Cancer	23	85	46	33	+ 52
Falls	24	76	37	92	- 16
Liver Cancer	25	74	27	182	- 107
Endocrine Disorders	26	72	18	279	- 207
Parkinson's Disease	27	68	33	115	- 47
Suicide	28	66	32	121	- 55
Fires	29	61	57	11	+ 50
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	61	28	163	- 102
Oral Cancer	31	57	38	78	- 21
Ovary Cancer	32	56	41	64	- 8
Prostate Cancer	33	52	12	390	- 337
Drug Use	34	46	47	33	+ 13
Asthma	35	46	43	56	- 10
Drownings	36	43	34	103	- 60
Meningitis	37	31	52	27	+ 4
Inflammatory/Heart	38	30	20	270	- 240
Uterin Cancer	39	30	40	66	- 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	27	50	30	- 3
Cervical Cancer	41	25	26	185	- 159
Oesophagus Cancer	42	25	45	52	- 26
Pertussis	43	22	74	0	+ 22
Maternal Conditions	44	21	48	32	- 11
Syphilis	45	21	65	1	+ 19
Epilepsy	46	20	39	66	- 47
Poisonings	47	19	61	4	+ 15
Skin Disease	48	17	30	127	- 111
Skin Cancers	49	15	44	56	- 41
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	9	53	25	- 16
Malnutrition	51	6	31	122	- 116
Encephalitis	52	5	63	3	+ 3
Tuberculosis	53	5	23	223	- 218
Multiple Sclerosis	54	5	62	3	+ 2
Alcohol	55	4	49	30	- 26
Tetanus	56	4	69	0	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	57	4	21	256	- 252
Appendicitis	58	3	56	11	- 8
War	59	2	67	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	60	2	59	7	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	2	55	14	- 12
Schistosomiasis	62	1	80	0	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	63	1	8	653	- 652
Hepatitis C	64	1	66	1	- 0
Measles	65	0	79	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	66	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	75	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	54	14	- 14
Chlamydia	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	64	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	58	10	- 10
Anemia	82	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	60	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	51	28	- 28
Oral conditions	86	0	72	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

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THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.